Scandal in Russia: Kadyrov boasts of a video of how his son was beaten by a Russian, the Kremlin refuses to comment

Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son beats a 19-year-old Russian Christian in Chechnya.

This is the #1 topic on social networks in Russia right now.

The Kremlin refuses to comment on the case.

A violent video released in real time by the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has caused a wave of reactions in Russia, DPA reported.

The video shows a man Kadyrov says is his 15-year-old son Adam brutally beating a defenseless man. Kadyrov named the victim as 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel, who was detained in May for burning a copy of the Koran and transferred to the Muslim republic of Chechnya as part of his pre-trial detention.

The video shows how a young man punches and kicks another young man crouched in a chair, then knocks him to the ground and hits him on the head, Reuters reports, Darik and BTA reported.

According to Russian ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova, in August Zhuravel stated that he was beaten by Adam Kadyrov during his detention. Then Moskalkova ordered an investigation.

After the video was published, she pointed out on her channel in the Telegram app the „social danger“ of burning a copy of the Koran, but did not mention Kadyrov, his son or the arrested Zhuravel.

The Chairman of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin, Valery Fadeev, also repeatedly emphasized in his reaction to the violence in the video that the burning of the Koran is a „serious crime“.

Council member Eva Merkachova was more direct, describing the video released by Kadyrov as another test for Russia’s entire judicial system.

„There will be more and more. I’m afraid it will get even more terrible,“ she said in a comment posted on Telegram by popular TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak.

Concerned for Zhuravel’s safety, Merkacheva said she would promptly submit an application to the authorities to move him out of the Caucasus region.

At the same time, Reuters reported that the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, refused to comment on the Kadyrov case today. What was seen was condemned even by some hard-line associates of the Kremlin, the agency notes. Kadyrov said yesterday that he was proud of his son Adam for what he did to Zhuravel. „No exaggeration – yes, I am proud of Adam’s actions,“ Ramzan Kadyrov, who describes himself as a ruthless man and an ally of Putin, wrote in a post.

Asked by reporters why he would not comment on the video, Peskov replied: „I don’t want to.“

„To call a spade a spade – what we see is illegal,“ read a post on the military blog Ribar, which has 1.2 million followers, in addition to its commentary on Putin’s war in Ukraine. Another such channel – „Grey Zone“ – declared the actions of the young Kadyrov outrageous.

Russia’s Investigative Committee announced in May that Zhuravel was detained for burning a copy of the Koran in the Russian city of Volgograd and admitted that he had done it for payment by Ukrainian intelligence, Reuters recalls. It is not clear under what circumstances this confession was made, the agency specifies.

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